In our conversation, Jessica spoke to radical sexualities, sexual ethics, and the tension between seeking acceptance and reinforcing the status quo. It was the kind of intimate discussion that can only happen when we boldly allow ourselves to be seen as we are.

My name is Jessica Easter, and I grew up in Chicago. I was always a very spiritual child. I was always very sensitive. I was raised Roman Catholic and I graduated from a very good Catholic high school... Looking back now, it makes a lot of sense that I’m in seminary. But I was just talking with my mom, and we said that if someone has come up to either of us when I was in high school and said that I would go to seminary, we would have laughed.